Improvement in augeb-hahdles



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Auger Handle.

' Patend April 21, 1868.'

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERNE usual auger-handle form.

JAMES. SWAN, or SEYMOUR, ooNNno'rio'Utrv Letters Patent No. 6,956, datedApril 21, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN AUGERfHANDLES.

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Be it known that I, JAMES SWAN, of Seymour, in the county of New Haven,and State-of Connecticut, have :invented a new and improved AugerHandle;and I do hereby declare that the 'followingis a full and exactdescription thereof, which will enablelothers skilled in'the art to makeand use the saine, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings andtothe letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a new and improved'auger-'handle of that classwhich are constructed with 'a view of a ready attachment of the handleto the auger-shank, and also-a ready detachment therefrom, so as toadmit of one handle beingused for different augers.

The object of the invention is to obtain an auger-handle ofthe classspecified-which will be simple in cou-- struction, streng, anddurable,fhe capable of being applied to the auger-shank in a properrelativoV position therewith, without any diiculty whatever, andmanufactured at a reasonable oost. I

In the accompanying sheet 'of drawings- Figure is a plan sectional viewoi" my invention.. Figure 2, a side sectional view of the saine. Similarletters-of reference indicate like parts.-

The auger-handle is composed ofltwo parts, A B, of east iron, tubulal'orhollow, and enternally of thev The inner end of the partA terminates in'what maybe termed a socket, a, having an internalscrew-thread, b, toreceive a serewthread, 6X,.e ut onthe exterior of the inner end oftheother part, B, of the handle, as shown clearly in both figures. v

The inner end of the partBof the handle has an inward-projecting flange,e, extending all around it to fit in a groove, d, made in the shank, e,of 'a cylindrical key, C', which Works within'the socket a. This key Chas a longitudinal groove, e', made in its lexteriortoreceive`a.pin,j,-whieh projects 'from the inner surface of the socket,the pin and groove preventing the kieyfrom turning in the socket, (seel.)

The outerend of the keyC has a V-shaped `grooveg, made '-in it, and asquare hole, h, is made centrally in the upper and lower'part 'ofthesocket a, as shownclearly'in fig. 2.

,The shank of-the auger, shown inA red, is clamped firmly in thehandlevby passing it through the openings or holes, z L, in the socket,d, and screnjing'up the parts A B, so that the key C will press against'the shankY within the socket, as will be fully understood hy referringtor`1g..2. l

This auger-handle may be constructed at a small cost. I t is extremelystrong, and durable, and may be readily applied to and'detached from theshank of the auger.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The cylindrical key C, within the handle A B,provided at its front-end with the \4/-shaped groove g, and upon itsunder side with the longitudinal groove e', fitting over thelugfin thesocketla,land having at its rear end the circumferential groove CZ,fitting over vthe lugs l', upon the part B of the handle, allconstructed and operating as described, whereby, as tl1e.parts A Barescrewed together, the key Q is operated'longitudinally to clamp theshank of the auger, as herein set forth and represented.

JAMES SWAN,

l Witnesses:

B. W. SMITH, E. H. KNIGHT.

